वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-7, verse-17

सूर्यादिव करा घोरा ऊर्मयः सागरादिव ।
पर्वतादिव नागेन्द्रा वार्योघा इव चाम्बुदात् ॥१७॥

17. sūryādiva karā ghorā ūrmayaḥ sāgarādiva ,
parvatādiva nāgendrā vāryoghā iva cāmbudāt.

17. sūryāt iva karāḥ ghorāḥ ūrmayaḥ sāgarāt iva
parvatāt iva nāgendrāḥ vāryoghāḥ iva ca ambudāt

17. ghorāḥ karāḥ sūryāt iva ūrmayaḥ sāgarāt iva
nāgendrāḥ parvatāt iva ca vāryoghāḥ ambudāt iva

17. Like terrifying rays from the sun, like waves from the ocean, like great elephants from mountains, and like torrents of water from a cloud.

Words meanings summery:

• सूर्यात् (sūryāt) - from the sun

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• कराः (karāḥ) - rays (rays, hands)

• घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrifying, dreadful

• ऊर्मयः (ūrmayaḥ) - waves

• सागरात् (sāgarāt) - from the ocean

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पर्वतात् (parvatāt) - from the mountain

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• नागेन्द्राः (nāgendrāḥ) - great elephants (great elephants, chief of snakes)

• वार्योघाः (vāryoghāḥ) - torrents of water, floods

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अम्बुदात् (ambudāt) - from a cloud

Words meanings and morphology

सूर्यात् (sūryāt) - from the sun

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - sun, sun-god

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

कराः (karāḥ) - rays (rays, hands)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kara

kara - hand, ray (of light), trunk (of an elephant), tax

घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrifying, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrifying, dreadful, awful, fierce

ऊर्मयः (ūrmayaḥ) - waves

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ūrmi

ūrmi - wave, billow, current, stream

सागरात् (sāgarāt) - from the ocean

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पर्वतात् (parvatāt) - from the mountain

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill, rock

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

नागेन्द्राः (nāgendrāḥ) - great elephants (great elephants, chief of snakes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāgendra

nāgendra - chief of serpents, great elephant

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāga+indra)

• nāga – snake, elephant, mountain
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, Indra (deity)
  noun (masculine)

वार्योघाः (vāryoghāḥ) - torrents of water, floods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāryogha

vāryogha - torrent of water, flood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāri+ogha)

• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – flood, torrent, stream, multitude
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अम्बुदात् (ambudāt) - from a cloud

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ambuda

ambuda - cloud (lit. 'water-giver')